This is the site of Justin Podur, Professor at York University's Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change.
I have taken advantage of York University's interdisciplinary focus - if you are interested in working with us in any of these areas, get in touch!
Mapping Land Theft
After five years of work by three hard-working students, we have an animated map of the expansion of Crown lands over time (which I believe can crudely be called Mapping Land Theft). We used Canadian government documents to make it. The project has expanded and continues to grow and is now housed here: mappinglandtheft.ca
International Conflicts
My politics research is on international conflicts. Most recent book:
Extraordinary Threat: The US Empire, the Media, and 20 Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela (co-authored with Joe Emersberger). Monthly Review Press, 2021.
See the Books section for books and book chapters, and the Lecture Series section for videos.
Fictions
Some things can best be said in fiction.
A short story Under the Mountain (August 28, 2019, Queen Mob's Teahouse) is about the Indian Occupation of Kashmir.
My thriller novel, Siegebreakers (Roseway 2019), is about a group of heroes breaking the siege on Gaza.
What can you do with an environmental degree? See my blog about environmental careers.
